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Mikhail Gavrilov (; ; born 29 December 1926 – 18 July 2014) was a Soviet writer and poet of
Mountain Jew
Mountain Jews are the Mizrahi Jewish subgroup of the eastern and northern Caucasus, mainly Azerbaijan, and various republics in the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. Mountain Jew ...
descent. He wrote in
Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (, , ) is a Judeo-Persian dialect and the traditional language spoken by the Mountain Jews in the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and today in Israel. It belongs to the southwestern group ...
and Russian. Mikhail Gavrilov held the title of Honored Worker of Culture of Dagestan.
Biography
Gavrilov was born in the city
Derbent
Derbent, also historically known as Darband, or Derbend, is the southernmost city in Russia. It is situated along the southeastern coast of the Dagestan, Republic of Dagestan, occupying the narrow gateway between the Caspian Sea and the Caucas ...
,
Dagestan ASSR
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,
USSR
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. His father
Boris Gavrilov (1908–1990) was a poet and dramatist.
[Red Army
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.
Gavrilov completed the distance education courses at the Derbent Pedagogical School, after which he switched to teaching.
In 1970 he graduated from the distance learning department of the history faculty of the
Dagestan State University
Dagestan State University () is a public university in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian ...
. For 45 years of teaching activity, Gavrilov published a school curriculum for the
Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (, , ) is a Judeo-Persian dialect and the traditional language spoken by the Mountain Jews in the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and today in Israel. It belongs to the southwestern group ...
language, prescriptions and a program of optional classes, trained teachers in his native language.
The first publications of Gavrilov date back to 1949–1950. He published in periodicals, in the almanac (
Juhuri
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (, , ) is a Judeo-Persian dialect and the traditional language spoken by the Mountain Jews in the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and today in Israel. It belongs to the southwestern group of ...
:''Ватан Советиму'') – "The Soviet Motherland" in the Judeo-Tat language, stories, the poem (Juhuri:''Гhард ферзенди'') – "Filial duty", as well as collections of poems in Judeo-Tat and in Russian.
During the
Perestroika
''Perestroika'' ( ; rus, перестройка, r=perestrojka, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg, links=no) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associ ...
period, when national schools began to revive, Gavrilov prepared and published textbooks in Judeo-Tat language for grades 1–4, curricula and copybooks. He taught courses for the training of teachers of the Judeo-Tat language.
From 1986 to 1990 Gavrilov was the director of the
Judeo-Tat theatre. Since 1990, he was the executive secretary of the Judeo-Tat's insert in the city newspaper ( – "Communism banner", and since 1991 he worked as the editor of the republican newspaper ''
Vatan''.
From 1993 to 2004 he lived in Israel; organized the publication of the ( – "Caucasian Newspaper",
[Kozakova M. Semyon Gavrilov – "The traveler of the fourth road or Is it easy to be ... a son?" Caucasian newspaper.] was its first editor-in-chief, as well as the chairman of the
Mountain Jewish
Mountain Jews are the Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahi Jewish subgroup of the eastern and northern Caucasus, mainly Azerbaijan, and various republics in the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. M ...
section of the Writers' Union of Israel, edited books published in the Judeo-Tat language.
In 2004 he with his family moved back to live in Derbent. He started to work as an editor of the department of the republican newspaper ''
Vatan''.
Awards
* Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Dagestan (July 2009) – ''for many years of work and high achievements in the field of culture.''
External links
Mikhail GavrilovThe Mountain Jewish literary dynasty
*Judeo-Tat literature
Judeo-Tat literature is the literature of the Mountain Jews in the Juhuri language.
History
Judeo-Tat literature is rich in folklore. The most popular narrators of folklore at the beginning of the 20th century were Mordecai ben Avshalom (1860 ...
* Judeo-Tat theatre
References
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1926 births
2014 deaths
People from Derbent
Mountain Jews
Judeo-Tat poets
Actors and directors of the Judeo-Tat language theater
Soviet poets
Soviet writers
Soviet male writers
20th-century Russian male writers
Russian male poets
Writers from Dagestan
Poets from Dagestan
Writers from Derbent
Poets from Derbent
Jewish writers
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Dagestan State University alumni